Sri Lanka's cricket board hopes to settle an increasingly bitter central contracts dispute with its players at an executive board meeting on Thursday, Board sources said.
All members of the national squad and officials from the Sri Lanka Cricketers' Association (SLCA) will attend the board meeting headed by Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Arjuna Ranatunga.

A protracted contract dispute between Sri Lanka Cricket and its players has reached boiling point just weeks before India are due to tour there.
Sri Lanka players, who returned home from Karachi on Wednesday after winning the Asia Cup, have not been paid since February and have requested an emergency board meeting this week.

Sri Lanka Cricket has agreed to raise players' fees and perks as part of a deal to settle a long-running dispute over contracts, officials said on Friday.
SLC officials and player representatives thrashed out a deal over the last two days that ended four months of negotiations, amid growing resentment by the country's top cricketers.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday took the rare step of opting out of India's Test tour of Sri Lanka due to fatigue, while Sachin Tendulkar returned to the squad after recovering from a groin strain.
Dashing wicketkeeper-batsman Dhoni had asked the national selectors not to consider him for the three-Test series starting in Colombo on July 23 as he needed a break after virtually playing non-stop cricket in recent months.

Non-stop cricket for the past one year has taken its toll on the Indian ODI skipper who pulled out of the upcoming test series in Sri Lanka starting on the 23rd of July.
Dhoni, who turned 27 on Monday, said he was exhausted due to the hectic schedule and wished to take a break after the Asia Cup to recharge his batteries.